Blood on the tracks

The Railway Work, Life & Death project (RWLD; railwayaccidents.port. ac.uk) has added 69,000 records of railway staff accidents to its database. The records date from 1855–1929 and are taken from arch

A coroner’s view of Tudor ends

On 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers struck London’s Tube and bus network, killing 52 people and injuring more than 770 others. Twenty years on, three people caught up in the 7/7 attacks recall the day and its aftermath. By Fiona Hamilton and Sean O’Neill

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2005 takes us to 1960… and the seaside

This month’s 10 pictures comes from well-known and renowned West Country photographer Bernard Mills, who has been taking pictures for several decades now. Railways were in his blood from infancy, and

Dear Editor: An interesting question for all your readers? Next to the A55 dual carriageway in North Wales at Llandudno Junction. Adjoining the A55 at intersection 18 is a link road numbered the A546,